Crossword Answers For: Monday, August 23, 2021

Across Clues and Answers:

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1 Across: Periods of history => ERAS
5 Across: __ Pujols, fourth MLBer to reach 6,000 total bases => ALBERT
11 Across: Area for experiments => LAB
14 Across: __ Raton, Fla. => BOCA
15 Across: Ballerina, at times => LEAPER
16 Across: Bullfight Bravo! => OLE
17 Across: *Hitchhiked => BUMMEDARIDE
19 Across: Take the gold => WIN
20 Across: Took the wheel => STEERED
21 Across: Drained of energy => SAPPED
23 Across: Firebug's crime => ARSON
26 Across: Changes direction => TURNS
27 Across: Create a raised logo on, say => EMBOSS
31 Across: My pleasure => LOVETO
33 Across: Señor's squiggle => TILDE
34 Across: Said further => ADDED
35 Across: Put money in, as a parking meter => FED
38 Across: Board game with nine rooms => CLUE
39 Across: Picture within a picture => INSET
40 Across: Heap, as of wood => PILE
41 Across: Weeding tool => HOE
42 Across: Judicial orders => WRITS
43 Across: Zesty dip for tortilla chips => SALSA
44 Across: Line in pressed pants => CREASE
46 Across: Movie theater feature => SCREEN
47 Across: Throbbed => ACHED
49 Across: CNN journalist Hill => ERICA
51 Across: Doctoral candidate's project => THESIS
53 Across: Beers served with lime => CORONAS
58 Across: Tell a tall tale => LIE
59 Across: Cry to one blocking your view at a concert ... and a hint to the answers to starred clues => DOWNINFRONT
62 Across: Classifieds, e.g. => ADS
63 Across: Apple device featuring Siri => IPHONE
64 Across: Italian wine region => ASTI
65 Across: Go out with => SEE
66 Across: Skimpy swimsuits => THONGS
67 Across: Wanton look => LEER

Down Clues and Answers:

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1 Down: Recedes, like the tide => EBBS
2 Down: Sports blowout => ROUT
3 Down: Wile E. Coyote's supplier => ACME
4 Down: The __: What she's having => SAME
5 Down: Trees with catkins => ALDERS
6 Down: Takes charge => LEADS
7 Down: Granola __ => BAR
8 Down: Prefix with dermis => EPI
9 Down: Wine list heading => REDS
10 Down: Picked up the check => TREATED
11 Down: *Something kept to avoid attention => LOWPROFILE
12 Down: Sci-fi visitor => ALIEN
13 Down: Gives a little => BENDS
18 Down: Clear of data, e.g. => ERASE
22 Down: Erect, with up => PUT
24 Down: Golden-ager => OLDSTER
25 Down: Network junctions => NODES
27 Down: Mark with acid => ETCH
28 Down: Venus de __ => MILO
29 Down: *Dressing with Buffalo wings => BLUECHEESE
30 Down: Tribute in verse => ODE
32 Down: Dog doc => VET
34 Down: Biscotti flavoring => ANISE
36 Down: If all __ fails ... => ELSE
37 Down: Faculty head => DEAN
39 Down: Nest egg acronym => IRA
40 Down: Four, for most golf holes => PAR
42 Down: Way to go, team! => WEDIDIT
43 Down: Winter neck warmer => SCARF
45 Down: Hi-__ audio => RES
46 Down: Biscuits at teas => SCONES
47 Down: Book with maps => ATLAS
48 Down: Reprimand => CHIDE
50 Down: Cake topping => ICING
52 Down: Many a jayvee player => SOPH
54 Down: Taken by mouth => ORAL
55 Down: Carrot, on a snowman => NOSE
56 Down: Start the kitty => ANTE
57 Down: Mix, as a liquid => STIR
60 Down: Abbott and Costello's first baseman => WHO
61 Down: Oui's opposite => NON

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This crossword has 37 across clues and 42 down clues. In total 79 clues are solved in the section above.
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